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APPLICATION FOR
EC-FUNDED SERVICE CONTRACT
GFK
Location: Turkey
Address: Sıracevizler Caddesi Çifte Cevizler Deresi Sk. Saruhan Plaza No: 6
Kat 5 Bomonti / ġiĢli / ĠSTANBUL
E-Mail: aliorhun@GfKturkiye.com
Contact person: Ali Levent Orhun
Hacettepe University
Location: Turkey
Address: 06532 Beytepe-Ankara
Telephone: +90 312 2977998
Fax: +90 312 2977998
E-Mail: esensoy@hacettepe.edu.tr
Contact person: Prof.Dr. Ömer Esensoy
Dokuz Eylül University
Location: Turkey
Address: Kaynaklar YerleĢkesi 35160 Buca ĠZMĠR
Telephone: +90 232 453 42 65
Fax: +90 232 453 42 65
E-Mail: istatistik@deu.edu.tr
Contact person: Prof.Dr. Serdar Kurt
Mimar Sinan Fine Art University
Location: Turkey
Address: Çırağan cad. Çiğdem Sok. No:1 34349 BeĢiktaĢ ISTANBUL
Telephone: +90. 212. 258 .95.96
Fax: +90. 212. 258 .95.96
E-Mail: gkiroglu@fened.msu.edu.tr
Contact person: Prof.Dr. Gülay Kıroğlu
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TABLE of CONTENTS
1 RATIONALE 1
2 STRATEGY 15
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TABLE of CONTENTS
3 TIMETABLE OF ACTIVITIES 82
4 LOGFRAME 96
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ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviations Description
CA Contracting Authority
CCC Consortium Coordination Committee
Cf. Carried forward
CFCU Central Finance and Contracts Unit
DC Data Collection
DEU Dokuz Eylul University
EC European Commission
ECD/EC Delegation European Commission Delegation
EU European Union
EUMA European Union Management Advisor
EUR European currency
EUROSTAT Statistical Office of the European Communities
HU Hacettepe University
FSS Farm Structure Survey
ICT Information and Communication Technologies
ID Cards Identification Cards
IR Inception Report
IT Information Technology
ICT Information & Communication Technologies
GfK Growth for Knowledge
GIM General Implementation Manager
GIP Global Implementation Plan
LFA and LFM Logical Framework Approach and Logical Framework Matrix
MARA Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
MBP Multi Beneficiary Programme
MEDA Mediterranean (MED) countries
MEDSTAT The Statistical Programme for Mediterranean Countries
MEUR Million EUR/Euros
MSU Mimar Sinan University
MoF Ministry of Finance
NSI National Statistical Institute
PCM Project Cycle Management
PIT Project Implementation Team
PMC Project Monitoring Committee
PO Programme Office
PMT Project Management Team
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ABBREVIATIONS
PHARE The Programme, which was originally created in 1989 to assist
Poland and Hungary. Currently it covers 10 countries.
RDCC Regional Data Collection Centre
R&D Research and Development
SC Steering Committee
SIS State Institute Of Statistics
SPO Senior Programming Officer
TA Technical Assistance
TL Team Leader
TOR Terms of Reference
UN United Nations
USST Upgrading Statistical System of Turkey
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Although, the Terms of Reference includes specific estimate (the expected number
of questionnaires and the average interviewing time per questionnaire) of the input
required for the surveys, there is no exact (final) questionnaire or methodology
attached to the TOR. This proposal includes the number of working days for these
surveys according to the reference figures in TOR. However, these figures are
tentative and during the clarification phase they might be changed according to the
discussions during the Inception Phase.
We consider that there will be high non-response rate in some surveys like
“Structural Business Statistics”. There is no information in the TOR how non-
response rate will be taken into account and reflected to the acceptance ratio.
Consequently, in order to use sources efficiently, response rate and usability of
non-response rate and the reasons for non response have to be taken into account
during the inception phase.
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1.2 Background
In the Turkish statistical system the State Institute of Statistics (SIS) is the central body with
the main task to compile, to evaluate and to publish statistical data on the economic, social,
cultural and demographical development of the country. SIS produces 85% of the official
statistics used in Turkey.
Article 2 of Statutory Decree No 219 covers the establishment and duties of the State
Institute of Statistics. Paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (t) of Article 2 of Statutory Decree No 219
have been revised by Statutory Decrees No 357 and 403. The revision of the Turkish
Statistical Law to comply with the EU requirements is ongoing.
Other public institutions and organizations have a role in the Turkish statistical system (the
Ministries of Agriculture, Forestry, Tourism, Labour and Social Security, Health, Education,
Industry and Trade, the Undersecretaries of Treasury, Foreign Trade, and Custom, the
Central Bank, the General Directorate for Security Affairs, etc.). They have statistics units
where data is processed for their own specific proposes and at he same time these data is
given to the SIS for their own usage. The Turkish Statistical System produces a huge range
of statistics related to the economic, social and cultural aspects of Turkey according the
international standards (mainly UN), as well as evaluating and publishing statistics. The
challenge now for the SIS and other producers of official statistics in Turkey is the
compliance with the EU requirements since comparable and reliable statistical information is
needed during the pre-accession process.
Changes in data collection and data processing, however, need substantial effort considering
the magnitude of Turkey. The high number of economic enterprises and households in the
country, the large extent of agricultural land, the significant diversities of the regions and
serious environmental problems are examples for the difficulties to be met during the
compliance process.
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this tender, consist of several actions which have the final goal to upgrade the Statistical
System and it's IT capacity through training, technical assistance, participation in the Multi -
Beneficiary Programme for Statistics, strategy development and procurement of equipment.
For a number of years the Turkish Government and in particular the State Institute of
Statistics (SIS) has been aware of the extensive provisions of the Acquis Communautaire in
the statistical area. SIS participated in the pre-accession programme which was set up by
the European Commission's Statistical Office (Eurostat) for Candidate Countries offers a
large variety of supporting activities. Unfortunately, the SIS took part only in a few activities
due to lack of available funds. Additionally, as a Mediterranean country, Turkey has been
involved in all activities designed by the MEDSTAT programme. However, MEDSTAT
Programme is a multi-country programme and not specifically addresses the priorities of
Turkish Statistical System.
During the past years of co-operation with Eurostat and other International organisations,
the needs of the SIS related with respect to the EC statistical requirements has become
more and more clear. The actual dimension of the necessary adoption process in statistics
might not have fully estimated in the past. Having said that, since Turkey is now an EU
candidate country, it is clear that major investments are necessary in a short period.
The adoption of the Acquis Communautaire in statistics is not limited to the introduction of
European methodology and standards as theoretical background of statistics. The
establishment of the methodological and conceptual basis constitutes a prerequisite of new
statistical processes. The changes of data collection in the field and data processing,
however, need vast interventions considering the size of Turkey. The large number of
economic enterprises and households, the large extension of agricultural land, the significant
disparities of the regions and serious environmental problems are examples for the
difficulties to be met during the compliance process. This all has to be reflected during the
specification of the activities and the required resources for the programme.
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and instruments provided valuable contributions. Based on these descriptions and combined
with Eurostat's expertise and experiences gained with other Candidate Countries the
presented Statistical Co-operation Programme is defined.
Reflecting the high importance of comparable and reliable statistical information during the
pre-accession process, the European Community reacted swiftly to the expressed needs for
changes in the statistical area by providing a major financial contribution. The decision of
the EC is; to create a single framework for pre-accession aid to Turkey underlined at the
same time the need for more precise specification of the Statistical Co-operation
Programme.
Data Collection project will organise and implement the data collection for several statistical
key areas. The work concerns the preparation and supervision of the survey organisation,
carrying out of the fieldwork for the collection of the data and includes the hiring, training
and remunerating of interviewers in selected statistical fields as part of the compliance and
harmonization process with EU statistical standards.
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Programme Structure
EuropeAid
Donor
MEDSTAT II Programme
Components
Multi- Training Technical Procurement Data
Projects Beneficiary of Equipment Collection
Assistance
Programme
Beneficiary
Institutions
Official correspondence from the Ministry of State, number 1400 dated 12/08/2002, and
with the decision of the cabinet, number 2002/4720 dated 28/08/2002, defined the
classification of country-wide Statistical Region Units, in order to obtain and develop
statistics, to carry out socio-economic analysis of regions, to determine the framework for
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regional policies and to set up a comparable statistical data base in accordance with an EU
regional Statistical system.
These levels are called, in the terminology of the EU, Nomenclature of Units for Territorial
Statistics I, II, and III (NUTS):
Based on regional plans and populations, 12 „Level 1‟ regions have been developed
from the „Level 2‟ region
The SIS has established a Regional Office in each of the „Level 2‟ regions
1.5 Objectives
1.5.1 Overall objective
Cf. Terms of Reference: “The objective of this project is to support and enhance the
capacity to upgrade selected statistical surveys to EU standards by testing their new
methodologies in the field.”
The indicative list of domains within which statistical surveys are to be organised in the form
of test surveys and pilot surveys is as follows:
Business registers,
Dissemination,
Pilot Projects of the 2002 and 2003 Phare Multi-Beneficiary Programme (MBP) for
Statistics.
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To organise and implement the data collection within Turkey for selected statistical
fields as part of the compliance and harmonization process with EU statistical
standards,
The necessary personnel provided and trained in close cooperation with SIS to
adopt the list of surveys,
Quality of all filled questionnaires checked and 90 % (or acceptable ratio) quota
per survey provided,
Ten surveys and several pilot surveys conducted according to Eurostat standards.
Based on our understanding of the Terms of Reference for this project and the expected
results from the contract, we consider the provision of know-how transfer in each subject
matter area to be very important. This shall be based on the principle of providing technical
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assistance with clearly defined outputs. We strongly believe that this is the only reasonable
way to achieve tangible results by the end of the project.
We consider the following key issues as crucial in order to achieve the contract objectives
and to reach the expected objectives:
For the successful implementation of this project, very close co-operation and co-ordination
is necessary. We will work and communicate intensively with the Beneficiary and the PIT,
established by another contractor, in the day-to-day business. This affects above all:
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This means that for successful results at the end of the implementation of each survey,
these enumerators have to be chosen by the team leader in close cooperation with the SIS.
Furthermore, SIS Regional Offices will play an important role in the selection and the
approval of the enumerators.
All these input have to be balanced with the normal every day activities of SIS. It has to be
made sure that the project work plan will complement the work of SIS taking into
consideration the absorption capacities of SIS, whose personnel in the Regional Offices will
check the consistency and completeness of the filled questionnaires according to the
relevant manuals prepared by SIS and accept them upon validation.
There is a statement that the acceptance ratio for any survey implemented under this
contract will be 90 %, but there is no indication about how non-response rate will be
reflected to the acceptance ratio. SIS and the GFK consortium should agree on the number
of substitute addresses before the field implementation.
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SIS provides all necessary human and financial resources for ensuring its part of the
implementation activities,
SIS provides the contractor with all the necessary information for the correct
implementation of the activities,
SIS can arrange agreements with other administrations (Ministry of Finance, Ministry of
Agriculture, Central Bank etc.) for improving co-operation and co-ordination,
The General Census of Businesses provides appropriate results on the population of the
economic agents of Turkey,
The Agricultural Census provides appropriate results on the population of the agricultural
agents of Turkey,
Users Profile and Needs Survey will target the users of services provided by SIS
The Turkish side upholds their commitment to co-finance this programme, regardless of
economic developments and their possible consequences for the government budget
Ministries and agents in the Turkish administration involved in statistics follow standard
statistical classifications.
The SIS Staff is released from the existing duties as far as possible to help “Data
Collection” activities realized in the centre and regions,
The Staff trained under the project remain within the SIS,
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In addition to these assumptions given in the TOR, we would like to add the following
assumptions to underlay the project implementation:
SIS will develop the methodology and sampling for each survey before and/or during the
inception phase,
The whole data collection process will be conducted on behalf of SIS and this will be
declared to the respondents before the interviews,
The SIS is to sustain the procedures that are implemented during the life of the project,
as well as the results,
Staff of SIS and other beneficiary institutions will closely cooperate with the contractor
during the project implementation,
Number of SIS Staff is enough to provide all the requirements done by SIS,
Other public administrations accept the leading role of the SIS in terms of advisory body
and general coordinator.
Planning and outputs can be revised and adopted during the lifetime of the project.
1.8.2 Risks
The following risks must be taken into consideration, as they might hamper the successful
implementation of this sub project:
The given objectives of the different surveys require a large number of human resources
originally envisaged for project duration of 18 months. Given the short project time of 18
months, the risk of a lack of time has to be underlined since the necessary time for
implementing the wide range of activities could exceed the comparable short project
time.
Difficulties for the absorption capacities of SIS staff of new methodologies given by
another contractor due to technical and institutional constraints.
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The current situation in Turkish economy may result in high non-response rates in the
surveys.
The winter weather condition in some parts of Turkey does not delay data collection
unduly.
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Risk Potential Adverse Impact Risk Level Risk Management Strategy Responsibility
(H/M/L)*
GFK Consortium and SIS staff do Delays in implementation of processes of the project L Periodical performance assessment with EC, SIS, GfK Consortium. Meeting
not establish an effective working European Commission, SIS and Project arrangements are GfK Consortium
relationship Implementation Team Responsibility
Lack of on-time printing and Hampering the field works and delays in project phases L Using high quality printing tools and systems, SIS and GfK Consortium
dispatching of the required material as a whole which already owned by SIS.
Using well-known logistics companies for
dispatching.
Finding and hiring support staff in Lack of coordination between field staff and Project L Choosing the support staff in close cooperation GfK Consortium
adequate level of knowledge and Management, reduces the project manageability and with the SIS and SIS Regional offices
capacity visibility Standardization of hiring and training process
of support staff during the inception phase
Finding, hiring and training data Reduces the work and data quality, improve the errors L Establishment of very close relationship with GfK Consortium
collection staff of enumerators local and regional universities for experienced
staff. Using GfK Consortium vast knowledge in
data collection processes.
Delivery of same/similar training to all field
staff of the project
Seasonal risks for different regions Hard to reach to the regions in specific period of time, M During the inception phase, addressing the GfK Consortium and SIS Regional
such as harvest period, winter time causes delays in seasonal situations of regions and finding the Offices
data collection and bound works right timing for such operations with SIS
regional offices
Mutual agreement on survey lists, Hard to implement in the field and/or not adequate M Highly experienced GfK consortium and SIS GfK Consortium, SIS Management
duration, sample etc. level of information for reaching the expected results management, with the contributions of EC will
of the project be agreed upon the lists, content and the other
features of surveys during the inception phase
Mistakes in sample design works Hard to collect adequate data during the field L During the inception phase, GfK Consortium SIS
operation, low response rates and provides ideas and possibilities to the SIS
management in designing the surveys and its
content
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Risk Potential Adverse Impact Risk Level Risk Management Strategy Responsibility
(H/M/L)*
Low response rate Not possible to collect data from sampled unit and will H SIS will provide substitute address list for SIS
effect the overall success of the project reducing the non-response rate during the
inception phase
The quality of collected data Reduces the reliability of the project and hard to reach M Development of work manuals for field workers GfK Consortium
the expected results and giving high quality trainings to the
enumerators. Pre-test period of each survey
will be conducted.
Accessing the requested contact Such conditions reduce the response rates and H Very close cooperation among regional offices SIS
points and units for surveying reliability of data collected by the enumerators and has of SIS and GfK Consortium during the inception
because of the old lists and missing direct effects to the success of the projects. phase for addressing the such problems and
variables in lists eliminate them through using substitute
address lists
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Management Approach
We consider the organisational set up of this project as the most important and crucial
tool for its overall successful implementation as well as its management. We will set up a
clear organisational structure with precisely defined responsibilities for each part in the
project and will ensure:
To our understanding, the task of the Project Implementation Team and Steering
Committee will guide the project implementation and to review, supervise and “steer”
overall project achievements. The Steering Committee meetings place at least twice a
year. Corresponding reports will be submitted in time to all Steering Committee members
before the meetings, thus the reports can be read beforehand and discussed during
these meetings.
A well functioning and regularly updated Monitoring and Evaluation System for assessing
the progress and achievements of the project will be implemented.
Consortium Rationale
This project will be implemented by the Consortium of ProCon GFK , Strategy GFK,
University of Hacettepe, 9 Eylül University and Mimar Sinan Fine Art
University. Strategy GFK will be responsible for Management and Expertise, and
Universities will support in providing the trainers, team leaders, organizers and
enumerators.
Expert Input
GFK consortium provides three key experts and a pool of organizers, team leaders,
trainers and enumerators (non-key experts) who all have profound knowledge and
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experience according to the profiles specified in the Terms of Reference. The pool of
support staff is indicative and will be agreed upon in the Inception Phase.
Backstopping Team
Reporting
All reports will address the general progress of the project (actions, meetings with
recipient institutions, authorities etc), problems encountered and solutions found or not
found. Reports will be available to the EC Delegation and to the SIS.
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EU Commission
State Institute of
Statistics Steering Committee
CONSORTIUM
CoordInation Committee
GFK
General Implementation Project Office
Hacettepe University
Dokuz Eylül University Manager
Mimar Sinan Fine Art University
CATI Team
Logistics Team
Interviewers Interviewers
Interviewers Interviewers
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Implementation Manager will support the SPO in establishing the annual work plans and
in all reporting and auditing procedures in close cooperation with the EU Management
Advisor procured by another contract. He will prepare quarterly reports regarding to
implementation of the project for the Delegation of the European Commission in Ankara,
after approval by the SPO.
Determine the surveys and their details in the inception phase of the contract
together with SIS
Provide the necessary personnel to organise and carry out data collection in the
field for the determined survey ,
Preparation of badges and ID cards for field staff, and submit them for approval
of SIS,
Provide the trainers who will train the enumerators. (Training of the trainers will
be done by SIS),
Preparing the details of data collection plans in close coordination with SIS,
Providing and remunerating the required personnel for each pilot survey and
organising the work of the enumerators in a cost-efficient way,
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Writing and distributing operational project reports on the data collection, per
project, in English language,
Backstopping team consists of staff members of the GFK consortium. The Contract
Manager and the Backstopping Team will jointly be responsible for all technical and
administrative support within this wide range of tasks.
Providing regional advices and assistance to the Key Experts when requested
2.2.2 The Role of the Project Implementation Team and Steering Committee
Activities and schedules related with the “Data Collection Service” will be coordinated
with the other components of the programme which, in parallel and separately to the
projects covered by this tender, consist of several actions which have the final goal to
upgrade the Statistical System and it‟s IT capacity through training, technical assistance,
participation in the Multi –Beneficiary Programme for Statistics, strategy development
and procurement of equipment. In order to provide a close cooperation with the parties
subject to other components, “Project Implementation Team (PIT)” will play a key role
and also be the contact and information point.
The role of the “Project Implementation Team” and the “Steering Committee” will
also be crucial in the implementation period of the “Technical Assistance to Data
Collection” Project. The task of the Project Implementation Team and Steering
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Committee is to guide the project implementation and to review, supervise and “steer”
overall project achievements.
A Turkish project director, SPO, ensures all SIS contributions to the implementation
of the programme. On behalf of the SIS, he establishes annual work plans specifying all
project activities to be carried out during the respective project year and all related SIS
contributions. The SPO establishes the annual work plan in close co-operation with the
EU Management Advisor. The SPO ensures all reporting and auditing requirements on
behalf of SIS.
The EU Management Advisor will provide long-term technical assistance during the
project duration. He is responsible for all technical aspects of the implementation
coordination of the projects and takes care that all activities will be performed in
accordance with the specified activities defined in the detailed programme component
descriptions. He establishes quarterly reports on the implementation of the programme
to be submitted directly to the Delegation of the European Commission in Ankara,
Eurostat and the SPO.
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General
Implementation SIS Experts
Project Team Manager
GFK-Consortium
Advise
Results
Feedback,Results
Implementation
Eurostat Contracting Authority
Supervision Supervision
Advice Decisions Steering Committee
Advising Control
Coordinating
Coordination,
Tech.Reports,
Advise,Comments
Approve,Change
Coordination
Plans,Reports
Management
Advise
SIS
SPO EUMA
This figure shows that the relationships and tasks among the parties. General
Implementation Manager will inform Senior Programme Officer and EU Management
Advisor regularly and when necessary. Coordination activities will be managed by
reporting and regular and irregular meetings. Contracting Authority will be in the centre
of the workflow. In addition Eurostat and Steering Committee will be advising body for
all parties. Further, Project Team will send technical reports to SIS and EC Delegation on
quarterly basis. On the other hand, Project Team will also present these quarterly reports
to the Steering Committee whenever the meetings takes a place. The SC will give advice
and recommendations to the Project Team of Data Collection. Moreover, SIS will support
“Data Collection” activities through its experienced staff. In addition, SIS will release its
Regional Staff when the Data Collection activities start in the regions. Finally, SIS will
also follow these activities via its supervisors using the reporting system set up between
the Team Leaders and the Heads of Regional Offices.
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a. As a precondition for a well functioning M&E System, the expected output and
indicators of achievement of the project have to be clearly and precisely defined
at the beginning of the project. This requires a common and mutual
understanding of project intentions by all people involved which is a very
important basis.
b. The success and/or failure of the project is regularly monitored and thus
problems can be tackled early on or achievements can be reinforced.
A well-structured and regularly updated M&E system provides important data for
measurement of results and information for the requested reports.
The EC Delegation and the SIS will monitor the project through
achieved results against the agreed work plan for each year;
For monitoring the project, the following indicators will be taken into account:
List of the surveys and their details in the inception phase of the contract
determined together with SIS under the coordination of Project Implementation
Team,
The acceptance ratio per survey determined by SIS under the supervision and
coordination of Project Implementation Team, according to nature of the
survey,
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Number of badges and ID Cards for field staff produced by Contractor and
approved by SIS,
Number of surveys and several pilot surveys have been conducted according to
Eurostat standards,
Number of SIS Staff assigned for each Regional Offices in order to check the
quality of questionnaires,
Usage of funds.
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Universities will support in providing the trainers, team leaders, organizers and
enumerators.
GfK is A strong heritage in marketing research, starting in 1934, having steady growth
over its history, as the 5th largest research company in the world.
Historic Stages
September 1999 GfK shares start trading on the Frankfurt stock exchange
1990 Conversion into a joint stock company
1967 Start of internationalisation
1949 Re-opening of GfK
1934 Founded as GfK-Nürnberg e.V.
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Largest market research company in Germany, 4th largest in Europe and 5th in
Market position
the world.
Synergies across our business divisions: out of the top 50 clients 39 are
USP
consulting GfK in more than one business division.
Continuous Growth
Abroad
Germany
2,773
2,329
244
160
1991 1996 20011) 2002 2003 1991 1996 2001 2002 2003
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Divisions Regions
5%
37% 6%
8%
2%
35%
15%
10% 37%
8%
9%
28%
2,500 CAPI
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GfK Turkey, as a member of GfK Group, has full range of experience across industries, as
the 2nd largest research company in Turkey. ProCon GfK and Strateji GfK have the
following competencies in Turkey:
Innovative approach
Service Excellence
Actionable results
Historic Stages
Key Features
Automotive
Health/ Medical
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Finance
Durables
Energy
Construction materials
Retail
Corporate communications
In the summer of 1964, a School of Basic Sciences was opened, offering courses in the
natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities. At that time, all Hacettepe teaching
institutions were affiliated to Ankara University and grouped under the title "Hacettepe
Science Centre".
Hacettepe University was chartered through Act No. 892 of the Turkish Parliament on
July 8, 1967. Hacettepe Institutes of Higher Education formed the core of Hacettepe
University, and the Faculties of Medicine, Science and Engineering, and Social and
Administrative sciences were established.
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faculties were reorganized as the Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Fine
Arts, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences and the State Conservatory was
affiliated to Hacettepe University. In 1984 the School of Health services and in 1989 the
School of Sport Sciences and Technology were established.
The faculties, institutes and schools of the University are located mainly on two
campuses at Hacettepe, in the city centre of Ankara and Beytepe, in west part of the
city.
At present time, Hacettepe University has nine faculties‟ fifteen vocational schools,
twenty institutes and twenty-four research centres.
Faculty of Science
The origins of the Faculty of Science can be traced back to the School of Basic Sciences,
which was established to offer courses to the School of Medicine. In 1967 with the
establishment of Hacettepe University, as a result of the new academic restructuring the
Faculty of Science and Social Sciences was established. In the following years, science
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related departments separated from Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Sciences
established in 1971. At present there are five departments, namely, Biology, Chemistry,
Mathematics, Actuarial and Statistics within this body.
There are around 2000 students and 259 staff members in the Faculty.
Department of Statistics
Hacettepe University is the top university in the education of statistics in Turkey with 8
professors, 5 associate professors, 4 assistant professors, 5 lecturers and more than 20
research assistant. Hacettepe University is proud of being a leader among all universities
in statistical education system in Turkey. The department always work very closely with
the statistical departments of other universities for collaboration the activities throughout
the Turkey.
Cooperation with the industry and regional and state-level public agencies
Sampling Theory
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Game Theory
Statistical computing
The Actuarial Sciences Department is the first higher education body in its field in
Turkey. Main objective of the department is to equip students with the detailed
knowledge of an actuary who uses mathematics, statistics, finance, economics and
actuarial topics to study uncertain future events.
Life Insurance
Nonlife Insurance
Fuzzy Insurance
Public surveys
Survival Analysis
Operations Research
The Mission of the Dokuz Eylül University can be defined best with the goals of our
university. What kind of education, student, society, and world does our university aim?
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implements research projects and surveys for public and private sectors. In this way, the
University helps to open new areas of study and research for its students as well as
create financial resource for the department.
Statistical Reliability
Decision Theory
Mimar Sinan University also plays an important role in European Union‟s Socrates
education programme for the participation of Turkey. MSU has been accepted to
Erasmus University Charter in April 2004.
The Statistical Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Art University has started education in
1984. The teaching staff in the department is comprised of more than 10 academics,
including 2 Professors and 4 Assistant Professors. The Department of Statistics offers
courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of
Philosophy. The programs aims at training students and researchers to take part in
studies involving extensive observations and experimentations; collection and analysis of
data in laboratories and social, economic and public organizations and to derive
inferences about the behaviour of these organizations. The students who complete the
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statistics education in the department will be able to make their skills available in the
science of inductive inference for research, industrial and social organizations by playing
an important part in solving problems of science and practical life. To this end, the
department emphasises both the theory and the application of statistics in its
undergraduate and graduate programs.
Giving experience to its students through field works in all possible subjects
Cooperation in selected areas, including survey studies with industry and public
institutions
Our General Implementation Manager, Mr. Ömer Sıtkı Gücelioğlu will be responsible
for the overall administration and logistics support of the project. He is also responsible
for co-ordination efforts. He will provide 200 man/days technical assistance during the
entire lifetime of the project and will take care that all activities will be performed in
accordance with the detailed programme components and descriptions. Mr Gücelioğlu
will support the SPO in establishing the annual work plans and in all reporting and
auditing procedures. He will establish quarterly reports for project status. He will have
very close relationship with USST Project Implementation Team (PIT).
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Mr. Gücelioğlu was Vice-president of the State Institute of Statistics and gained very
strong project experience as a team leader, project manager, coordinator and officer in
various statistics projects. Due to his professional background, Mr. Gücelioğlu is very
experienced in the organization, planning and implementation of training, workshops and
study tours as well as fellowship programmes.
For the position of the General Implementation Manager, Mr. Gücelioğlu provides the
optimal combination of management experience, leadership skills and hands-on
experience in data collection and statistical survey projects.
We propose for the Key Expert 2: Regional Field Team Leader for the Western Region
Ms. Nazlı Yüksel who received her MBA degree from Istanbul Technical University Social
Sciences Institute in 1998 after her BSc degree in Management Engineering from the
same university.
She has 9 years experience in various projects as project executive and project manager.
She took part in large scale projects in social research surveys such as Health Reforms
and Privatization Social Support. She also has experience on the design, analysis, and
reporting of the projects that she participated.
Ms. Yüksel also has experience on project planning, control and communication issues as
well as project implementation. She is experienced in working with large number of staff
in various projects.
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We propose for the Key Expert 3: Regional Field Team Leader for the Eastern Region Mr.
Ali Balamir who received his PhD degree in Population Studies from Hacettepe University
in 1981 after his MSc degrees in Demography from same university and City Planning
from METU.
He has 25+ years experience in various programmes and projects as project manager,
designer of statistical surveys, supervisor and administrator. He took part in large scale
projects in public opinion surveys and special research studies such as Social Support
and Employment.
He also has 20 years of experience on budget planning, financial control and accounting
issues as well as project implementation.
Mr. Balamir is highly experienced in working with large number of staff in various
projects. Especially during the privatisation process of Turkey, he has been a completed
tremendous interview with public-owned organizations staff as well as private
organizations and agencies for relocation of workers.
He has very strong experience in organization of trainings and assessing the team
capabilities in specific projects as well as the coordination and organization of workforce
including the administrative and logistics management of the projects.
The pool of support staff is indicative and will be agreed upon in the Inception Phase.
The following table shows the distribution of the support staff according to NUTS Level II
Regions.
Team Leaders,
Trainers,
Organizers,
Enumerators
The pool of Team Leaders, trainers, organizers and enumerators is indicative and will be
agreed upon in the Inception Phase.
In accordance with Consortium structure, the Universities will provide most part of the
trainers and organizers.
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The map shows the responsibility areas of the Western and Eastern Regional Field Team
Leaders.
The Western Regional Team Leader will have the responsibility of 12 NUTS Level 2
Regions which are Ġzmir, Ankara, Denizli, Kocaeli, Ġstanbul, Balıkesir, Manisa, Antalya,
Bursa, Konya, and Aydın. On the other hand, The Eastern Regional Field Team Leader
will have the responsibility of remaining 14 Regions which are Kastamonu, NevĢehir,
Kayseri, Adana, Samsun, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Hatay, Trabzon, Malatya, Diyarbakır, Kars,
Van and Siirt. However, the population of the statistical units is almost equal.
The following table gives an overview on the Team Leaders available for the NUTS Level
2 Regions. (To be agreed upon with the beneficiary and contracting authority).
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Name of Staff Proposed Educational Background Specialist Areas of Knowledge Experience in Beneficiary Country Lang. &
Position Degree
(VG,g,W)
Ali Rıza FIRUZAN Team Leader- BSc in Business Adm. From Mr. Ali Rıza Firuzan is very reputable academician He is highly experienced in team management for any VG
Ġzmir Dokuz Eylul University, in 1989 in management and econometrics fields and purposes and has very strong personal abilities in
MSc (1991) and PhD (1995) in statistical survey projects in the region. communication and interpersonal skills.
Dokuz Eylul University, Institute
of Social Sciences, Department
of Econometrics
Canan Team Leader- BSc, MSc and PhD from Specialized in quality control, probability theory, Very good communicator and a leader G
Hamurkaroğlu Ankara Hacettepe University Dept. of applied statistics, fundamentals of social statistics, She has highly experienced in social statistics and surveys
Statistics respectively 1984, 1986 survey implementation and information theory in related to this subject
and 1993 She has experienced in the management of statistical
research studies as a manager and a team member
Cengiz Çelikoğlu Team Leader- BSc and MSc degrees from Ege Very good team player and manager Since 1981, he served to the academic institutions and VG
Denizli University and PhD from Anadolu Strong interpersonal and communication skills various levels.
University, respectively 1980, Experienced in staff management He also works for several public organizations and private
1983 and 1989 Experienced in survey and statistical research companies on their survey and statistical research studies
studies as enumerator and manager during his academic life, including Sabancı Holding, Petlas,
Took a part various research and survey studies BotaĢ and TansaĢ.
during his academic life and gained strong
experience in field work
Durdu Sertkaya Team Leader- BSc, MSc and PhD from She took a part in various research and survey She has experience on management and leading teams in VG
Zonguldak Hacettepe University Department projects conducted by Hacettepe University and various statistical projects
of Statistics respectively 1993, private companies and gained very strong She has very strong communication and presentation skills
1996 and 2001 experience in such projects as a team player and a and teaching abilities
manager.
Emine Bor Team Leader- BSc, Hacettepe University Dept. Ms. Bor is a perfect team leader in survey studies Ms. Bor has very experienced person especially in G
Kocaeli of Statistics in 1987 and strong abilities in interpersonal skills. healthcare surveys, among the others.
From 1988 to 2000 she was working for various healthcare
institutions and statistical researcher and survey manager
Since then, she is the owner and manager of her own
company which makes public surveys and opinion
researches for medical and social sectors.
Füsun Deriş Team Leader- 1988 BSc, Mimar Sinan Outstanding academician in data collection and She has extremely experienced in public opinion and G
Ġstanbul University, Dept. of Statistics survey studies in various subjects in North- market research techniques. She manages dozens of
1991 MSc Ġstanbul University, Western part of Turkey statistical research studies and surveys during her
Institute of Social Sciences academic life in the region.
1996 PhD in Statistics Mimar She also has very good presentation skills and perfect
Sinan University communicator.
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Name of Staff Proposed Position Educational Background Specialist Areas of Knowledge Experience in Beneficiary Country Lang. &
Degree
(VG,g,W)
Hakkı Tarkan Team Leader-Balıkesir BSc and MSc from Middle East He has very strong experience in the field of He was the Department of Statistics, Chairman of VG
Yalazan Technical University Dept. of opinion research studies and surveys as Statistical Information Systems Major Science Division
Electrical and Electronics Eng., enumerator and team manager during his during his PhD degree study in his university.
Ankara education and academic life. He plays a key role Assistant Prof. in Dokuz Eylul University
Ph.D. in Electrical and in various statistical survey studies in the region
Electronics Eng. Dokuz Eylul whish are related to his background.
University Grad.School of
Natural and Applied Sciences,
Izmir
Mehmet Mert Team Leader-Van BSc and MSc from Hacettepe He has very experienced person in public opinion Determination of the social, physical and political structure G
University Department of survey design and implementation. He took a of city of ViranĢehir, Van, Siirt, Ağrı, Bitlis, Mardin, Kızıltepe
Statistics respectively 1996, part in various statistical research studies as (Eastern and Southeastern part of Turkey) and the
2000 enumarator, team manager and supervisor in evaluation of the opinions of the people about the
various regions throughout the country, mainly in manicipality works, Dut Ağacı Cultural and Scientific
eastern and south-eastern anatolia Research Center, 2002-2003
Meral Yay Team Leader-Kayseri BSc and MSc from Mimar Sinan Ms Yay has very good skills in taking a part in She has highly experienced in training of survey groups VG
Unv. Dept. of Statistics, project teams and management of project staff and management of public opinion research studies in
respectively 1994 and 1998 various subjects
PhD in Econometrics from
Marmara Unv. Dept. of
Econometry
Mehmet Uysal Team Leader-Siirt BSc, MSc and PhD from He is very experienced in field work of surveys He played different roles in public surveys and opinion VG
Hacettepe University and experienced in project staff management in analysis projects in various subjects.
Department of Statistics statistical research studies in both public and He has very strong leadership skills, and very good
respectively 1986, 1989 and private environments. interpersonal abilities.
1997 He also gained experince in assuring the data
quality and managing enumarators during the
field works.
Serdar Demir Team Leader-NevĢehir BSc and MSc from Hacettepe He has very good background in various survey He has gained some important skills in statistical projects. VG
University Department of studies and research projects as a team member His key qualification skills are sampling methodologies,
Statistics respectively 1996, and a leader. public opinion survey implementation, data analysis,
1999 research methods and project management
Süleyman Team Leader-Manisa BSc (1974) and MSc (1977) in Experience in field work of statistical surveys and Mr. Süleyman Alpaykut is very well known statistics VG
Alpaykut Statistics Department METU, researches in the region. professional and academician in western part of Turkey.
Ankara He took a part in various statistical studies in the AsmaĢ A.ġ. Production Planning and Control Manager.
PhD degree in 1979 from Ege region as a player and manager. He also has 1981 – 1985
University, Ġzmir private sector experience in his field and highly Cevher Döküm Sanayi A.ġ. Planning and System
capable individual in human resource Development Manager. 1985 - 1993
management, resource allocation and quality Ege Seramik A.ġ. I.T. and Quality Control Manager,
control issues, including data quality in field 1993 – 1999
studies.
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Name of Staff Proposed Position Educational Background Specialist Areas of Knowledge Experience in Beneficiary Country Lang. &
Degree
(VG,g,W)
Yasemin Team Leader- BSc and MSc from Hacettepe She took a part in different projects as team has very good management skills and communication VG
Saykan Kastamonu Unv. Dept. of Statistics member and manager in Middle Anatolian region of abilities. She has experienced in various field works,
respectively 1993, 1997 the country. She has very strong experience in research studies and public opinion surveys during her
1998 Diploma in Actuarial survey management and working very well under education in Hacettepe University
Science, City University, time pressure
Department of Actuarial
Science and Statistics,
LONDON
2001 MSc., City University,
Department of Actuarial
Science and Statistics,
LONDON
Suna GEZE Team Leader-Adana Ms. Suna Geze has a degree She worked in the projects realized by the Working for ProConGfK. VG
from Cumhuriyet University, companies HTP and Etik Research Companies Since her graduation from the university, she has working
Faculty of Fisheries. previously. on various projects which are mainly related to household
consumption panel, pharmaceutical/medical research and
periodic projects. Her key qualifications are field
management and coordination under her responsibility
area.
Suat TOKGÖZ Team Leader- Malatya Mr. Suat TOKGÖZ has a During his professional life, he worked on various He worked in projects realized by Procon GfK, NFO, HTP, G
degree in business projects which are mainly related to automotive Metot
administration from Erciyes research, medical research, business-to-business,
University corporate communications and mystery shopping.
His key qual. are field management and
coordination in the project.
Muharrem Team Leader-Antalya Mr. Muharrem Çabalak has a During this period, he has working on various He has been working in the projects of ProconGfK since VG
ÇABALAK degree in industrial electronics projects which are mainly related to public opinion 2000.
from Mustafa Kemal University. polls, mystery shopping and finance and banking
research areas. His key qualifications are
supervising and being responsible from the field
operation of projects and provision of logistic
support in the project.
Dara ÖZDAŞ Team Leader- Mr. Dara ÖZDAġ has a degree Since his graduation from the university, he has He worked in several projects realized by the companies G
Gaziantep in Finance from Uludağ working in a variety of industries such as banking, that are ProconGFK, Remark, HTP, NFO, Anar, Pollmark,
University, Faculty of political, fast moving consumer goods, Genar, Sonar, Metod, Millward Brown, Denge, Stratejik
Economics and Administrative telecommunication, social and health, on projects Fokus.
Sciences. related to mystery shopping, customer satisfaction,
lifestyles. His key qualifications are field
management, controlling and supervision.
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Name of Staff Proposed Position Educational Background Specialist Areas of Knowledge Experience in Beneficiary Country Lang. &
Degree
(VG,g,W)
İbrahim Zor Team Leader -Bursa BSc, MSc and PhD from His key qualifications are coordination and Working for Hacettepe University, Mr. Zor has very strong VG
Hacettepe University management of the field. background in surveys and statistical research projects in
Department of Statistics various subjects. He has been working for research
respectively 1986, 1988 and projects since his undergraduate education as different
1995 level of responsibility.
Çağatay Güven Team Leader –Erzurum BSc, MSc and PhD from He worked and lead various statistical projects He has very good communication abilities and VG
Hacettepe University during his academic life which are mainly related management qualifications in medium and large scale
Department of Statistics to usage and attitudes surveys, social research, projects.
respectively 1977, 1979 and political research and customer/dealer satisfaction He is highly experienced in team management.
1984. studies. His key qualifications are field
coordination and supervision in the project.
Murat Team Leader-Kars BSc, MSc and PhD from He is experienced in field works and team He has been working in Hacettepe University on various G
Büyükyazıcı Hacettepe University Dept. of management in statistical research studies and projects which are mainly related to ad-hoc surveys, public
Statistics respectively 1999, surveys related to different subjects. opinion researches, customer satisfaction studies during
2001 and 2004 his education.
Haydar Team Leader-Hatay BSc and MSc from Hacettepe He has working in various projects related to He worked in several projects realized by the Hacettepe VG
Demirhan University Department of household panels, business-to-business surveys, University, public and private research organizations in his
Statistics respectively 1999 during his st Her key qualifications are fieldudy in education. He has very good communication skills and
and 2002 Hacettepe University. His key qualification skills team management abilities.
are management and controlling.
Ali ATÇEKEN Team Leader-Konya Public administration from During this period, he worked on various projects He worked in projects realized by ProconGfK, TNS Piar, VG
Anadolu University, Faculty of which are mainly related to construction materials, Genar, Millward Brown, Anar, Stratejik Fokus
Economics. durable goods and energy. His key qualifications
are field management in the project
Didem Atalay Team Leader-Edirne Graduated from Middle East Her key qualifications are supervision, coordination She was working for a financial institution in statistical VG
Aydın Technical University, Statistics and management of the field. studies preparation and implementation. She has very
Department in 1996. strong experience in team management and survey
implementation procedures.
Hayriye USTA Team Leader-Samsun BSc degree in Agricultural Eng. Her key qualification is field supervision. She has been working in various projects such as customer G
from 19 Mayıs University satisfaction and mystery shopping.
Erol GÜREL Team Leader-Trabzon BSc degree in geophysics His key qualifications are field management, He worked on various projects which are mainly related to VG
engineering from Karadeniz coordination and supervision in the project. panel, political research, agricultural surveys, customer
Technical University and dealer satisfaction studies and user studies.
Şevin Team Leader- Degree in Office Management Her key qualifications are field management, She worked in several projects realized by different G
KOPARAN Diyarbakır and Secretary from Harran controlling and supervision. research companies such as ProconGFK, Remark, Anar,
University. Pollmark, Genar, Sonar, and Millward Brown. She has
working in various projects on medical, political, social,
finance, media and periodic projects for different research
types such as customer satisfaction, reorganization,
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Mrs. Serap Yazıcı has extensive experience in project co-ordination and backstopping.
Working at Strateji GfK as Ankara region responsible in the field of social research and
statistical projects, Mrs. Yazıcı provides extensive knowledge of planning, coordinating,
monitoring and financially controlling projects. Additionally she provides statistical
knowledge due to her degree in Statistics.
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Mr. Erkan Yazıcı will support the preparation of briefing materials and other
documentation for technical backstopping missions carried out by GfK Team. He has
been working for GfK Turkey since 1999 as Assistant Executive and responsible for
financial management of various projects and logistics supports of field teams during the
implementation phases.
Ms. Betül Kuyumcu is Assistant Executive in Strateji GfK. She is responsible for
supporting office management and secretariat services in daily works. She will be
responsible for administrative support of backstopping team and will carry same
responsibilities to the implementation team when requested.
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2.2.7 Reporting
All reports will address the general progress of the project (actions, meetings with
recipient institutions, authorities etc), problems encountered and solutions.
The General Implementation Manager Mr. Gücelioğlu will be responsible for the timely
and qualified delivery of official reports on the implementation of the project and the
accomplished results according to formats provided.
The reports will stress the differences between activities achieved (considered finished)
and activities currently under way so that the evolution of the project is clearly stated.
In addition to the General Implementation Plan and the Final Report, there will be
quarterly Progress reports for each project, covering the review of the project progress
and problems. Furthermore, the project team will provide brief monthly progress reports
as well as on request ad-hoc reports as needed on specific issues.
Reports will be made available to EC Delegation and SIS in hard copy and electronic
format.
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GFK Consortium
Report Preperation
Submitting of
Report to SPO
No
Revising the Report according
to the requirements of SPO
SIS
No
Revising the Report according
to the requirements of ECD and
Eurostat
Submitting of
Report to ECR
and Eurostat
Yes
ECR/Eurostat
Approval of ECD/Eurostat
Yes
EU Commision to
Eurostat
TURKEY
SPO
The GIP will be prepared and submitted in six weeks after the start of the operations.
The GIP will outline the various activities and their input for the entire duration of the
project. It will review projects needs, available resources and identified constraints and
will clearly define the measurable targets to be achieved by the contractor.
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Every month a short Progress Reports will be provided which covers the activities
executed and problems encountered. These reports refer to the General Implementation
Plan.
GFK consortium will provide the European Commission with Progress Reports on a
quarterly basis. The Interim Progress Reports will play an important role in maintaining a
transparent flow of information between the European Commission, the SIS and the GFK
consortium on over-all implementation of the programme. Interim Progress Reports will
present:
Current situation,
Co-operation between the GFK consortium, the European Commission, and SIS,
Contract amendments,
Recommendations,
GFK consortium will provide a Survey Completion Report to the European Commission and SIS
after the completion of the any survey
GFK consortium will provide any other reports which have an impact on project
implementation or achievement of project results requested by the SIS and the
Commission at any time.
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GFK consortium will provide the European Commission with a comprehensive Final
Report no later than 1 month after the programme‟s final date. The Final Report will
contain the following information on overall implementation of the programme.
Projects achievements
Detailed description of how the project was carried out
Recommendations
Comments and opinions on any problems that emerged during the programme
The following table outlines the timetable for the delivery of project reports as defined in
the Terms of Reference:
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General Inception Phase Programming, monitoring and performance of the services GFK SIS & EC Due within six English
Implementation Clear definition in practical terms of the services to be
rendered in accordance with the methodology adopted and also
Delegation week of the start
of the contract
Plan the number of the support staff involved in each phase of the
project
Detailed working plan
Survey Completion number of statistical units given by SIS
Implementation GFK- GFK- 4 weeks after the English
Reports
Phase
number of statistical units visited by the contractor Consortium Consortium & mission
EC
(on completion of number of filled and approved questionnaires
every survey) Delegation
number of substitutes addresses given by SIS
organizational and administrative issues
Implementation Activities undertaken in the reporting period also specify GFK- SIS & EC During English
Interim report in
quarterly basis Phase
whether the objectives have been reached and, if not, give
reasons for possible failure together with the recommendations.
Consortium Delegation
These reports includes:
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Implementation Daily follow up of the delivered questionnaires, GFK-Consortium GFK- Daily Turkish
Daily Reports
Phase
Daily follow up of the non-response and the reasons for them, Consortium
Daily follow up of the filled questionnaires, Regional
Number of daily appointments and remaining respondents. Offices
Final Phase Description of the activities and achievements of the project GFK-Consortium SIS & EC 2 Months English
Final Report Description of the strategy and methodology applied to ensure
sustainability.
Delegation
Review of any major problems that occurred during the
contract period, provision of recommendations for future
work.
Financial analysis of the contract
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1. Identify and discuss the most important points to be considered when starting
to plan for data collection.
2. Determine what resources are available and needed to carry out the project.
3. Describe typical problems that may arise during data collection and how they
may be solved.
4. Find a concrete solution for non-response rate, acceptable reasons for non-
response and acceptance rate before the fieldwork
5. Prepare a plan for data collection for the research proposal we are developing.
6. Discuss the reports and their formats and other request of SIS,
7. Distinguish the delivery plan of the survey documents.
8. Assign the roles, responsibilities and schedules in the implementation.
During the inception phase, all relevant parties should agree upon:
o training schedule,
o dispatching schedule,
o implementation schedule,
o delivery schedule,
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the number of statistical unit for each survey,
the acceptable non-response rate and acceptable reason list for the non-
responses,
Although SIS will answer most of these below items, GfK Consortium would like to
contribute the data collection procedure.
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Survey Name Statistical Foreseen Eurostat methodology for the survey(*). Proposed survey methodology by the Assumptions/Risks
Unit Sampling contractor.
Size
Agricultural Surveys
methodology for combining these four surveys during the inception phase after sampling plans
and the number of statistical units absolutely defined by Short term European and local experts
subject to another contract with SIS.
This combination procedure will also be acquired time for the other projects implementing under
USST Programme. If we will agree with SIS for visiting all villages at the same time for all these
agricultural surveys, we will have acquired at least 10 months in order to extract information
from the questionnaires that we collected. We understand that SIS also need additional time to
code and enter the questionnaires, and get some information until the end of 2006.
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Survey Name Statistical Foreseen Eurostat methodology for the survey(*). Proposed survey methodology by the Assumptions/Risks
Unit Sampling contractor.
Size
We would like to propose face-to-face interviewing methodology for this survey. In order not to
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Survey Name Statistical Foreseen Eurostat methodology for the survey(*). Proposed survey methodology by the Assumptions/Risks
Unit Sampling contractor.
Size
create a response burden to the respondents in the statistictical units, we have to choose
suitable time (i.e., except tax days), we have to work with appointments.
Short-term Statistics
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Survey Name Statistical Foreseen Eurostat methodology for the survey(*). Proposed survey methodology by the Assumptions/Risks
Unit Sampling contractor.
Size
We would like to propose to realize this survey by using CATI and faceto-face
interviewing methodology.
We would like to propose four kind of survey methodologies under this title: User list is available,
Users 5,000 Face-to-face High non-response rate, the volume
CATI is too high for a user profile and
Web-based needs survey
Electronic mail
Source: http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/newcronos
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We will have a clear overview of what tasks have to be carried out, who should
perform them, and the duration of these tasks;
We will organise both human and material resources for data collection in the
most efficient way; and
We will minimise errors and delays, which may result from lack of planning (for
example, the population not being available or data forms being misplaced).
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Management This project has an almost 92,642 man The Contractor will manage and The territory of the
and days input. So, the management and coordinate inputs in close Republic of Turkey.
coordination of coordination is very important item for cooperation with SIS. The PIM and
inputs this project. his two Regional Team Leaders will
responsible for the efficient
management.
Printing Any data collection project includes SIS responsible for the printing of Ankara
requirements for large-scale printing. the all survey documents.
Survey
documents Survey documents, including Contractor will prepare and print ID
ID Cards questionnaires, manuals and system Cards
generated letters, and reports and other
documents must be accurately printed
often in extremely large volumes and
within short time frames.
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Dispatching All the fieldwork materials, such as The Contractor will deliver the forms From the reception
questionnaires, fieldwork monitoring to the field. After the fieldwork point to the point to
materials, show cards, incentives and finishes, the contractor will deliver be shown by SIS
other documents will be delivered to each filled forms to SIS
local fieldwork centres both via carrier
and e-mail according to the sampling size
for each unit.
Recruitment Without qualitative support staff, it would The contractor will be responsible The territory of the
not be possible to realize an effective for the recruitment of the support Republic of Turkey.
fieldwork. Therefore the selection and the staff in close cooperation with SIS
recruitment of the support staff will be a
very important task before the fieldwork
starts, because the success is dependent
on the quality of human resources used in
the work.
Training In Turkey, private contractors do not SIS will be responsible for the Trainers will be
have much experience on collection of training of trainers. The contractor trained in Ankara.
official statistics. This task is generally will responsible for the training all Support staff will be
delivered by SIS and government support staff trained in Regional
agencies. Hence, training has an Data Collection
important role to provide an effective Centres or suitable
service on the data collection activities. training centres.
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Fieldwork This is the main subject of the contract. The contractor will responsible for The territory of the
Data collection methodologies will be the fieldwork in close cooperation Republic of Turkey.
agreed on the Inception Phase. However, with SIS
the methodology will be mainly face-to-
face interviews, then CATI.
Reporting All reports will address the general The contractor will responsible for Ankara & All NUTS 2
progress of the project (actions, meetings reporting in close cooperation with Level Regions.
with recipient institutions, authorities etc), EC Delegation and SIS.
problems encountered and solutions.
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Stage 1: Preparation,
Assigning responsibilities,
Time planning,
Training,
o for trainers,
o for team leaders, organizers and enumerators,
Permission to proceed and contacting local authorities,
Logistics,
Quality,
Stage 3: Data handling: This stage will be under the responsibility of SIS.
2.3.4.1 Preparation
Before allocating tasks for data collection, it is recommended to list them. Then we may
identify who could best implement the each task. If it is clear beforehand that our
project team will not be able to carry out the entire study by itself, we might plan to look
for organizers to assist in relatively simple but time-consuming tasks.
This project has an almost 92,642 man days input. The General Implementation
Manager and two Regional Field Team Leaders will coordinate all task related to data
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collections in close cooperation with SIS. Furthermore, they will also contribute to the
work with their experiences as consultants.
We know that there is a logical, seasonal and/or institutional time schedule (deadline) for
each survey. However, in close cooperation with SIS, in the inception phase or at
least 2 months before the survey, we will:
Step 1: Consider:
The time required locating the study units (persons, groups, records); If you
have to search for specific informants (e.g., users or defaulters of a specific
service) it might take more time to locate informants than to interview them.)
The number of visits required per study unit. For some studies it may be
necessary to visit informants a number of times, for example if the information
needed is sensitive and can only be collected after informants are comfortable
with the investigator or if observations have to be made more than once (for
example, in enterprise, after closing an account period). Time needed for
follow-up of non-respondents should also be considered.
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Step 2: Calculate the number of interviews that can be carried out per person per day,
Step 3: Calculate the number of days needed to carry out the interviews for each
survey,
Step 4: Calculate the time needed for the other parts of the study, e.g. for quality
check,
This project includes requirements for large-scale printing. Survey documents, including
questionnaires, manuals, system-generated letters to the respondents, and other
documents must be accurately printed often in extremely large volumes and within short
timeframes. SIS will ensure all these survey related documents.
SIS will be responsible for designing and printing of the survey documents including the
questionnaires and guides. Therefore, the questionnaires will be delivered to the
contractor at the centre and/or regional offices at least 1 month before the
field activities. GFK consortium will be responsible for the dispatching of the
questionnaires according to the given list by SIS on time.
The final version of the questionnaire will be printed for the fieldwork with at least 10
% extra in numbers to be conducted in each sampling points. SIS should take non-
response rate into account when reproducing/printing additional forms.
All the fieldwork materials, such as questionnaires, fieldwork monitoring materials, show
cards, incentives and other documents will be delivered to each local fieldwork centres
both via carrier and e-mail according to the sampling size for each unit. When the carrier
reaches the fieldwork centres the packages are unpacked by local fieldwork centre
managers and the contents of the package are counted and it is made sure that the
contents are in alignment with the instructions.
The project must have a central headquarter, preferably in the Ankara, from where the
whole operation will be coordinated. If possible, for close cooperation, we would like to
set up this office at State Institute of Statistics. Usually, two to three rooms are needed
for general administrative activities, in addition to meeting rooms where the some small
training can take place. Telephone or other communication facilities like e-mail are
necessary for keeping contact with the field teams.
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The GfK consortium will also be organized in the districts where the SIS Regional Offices
located. If possible, we would like to set up our project offices at the Regional Offices in
order to provide a close cooperation with SIS personnel. The “Regional Data Collection
Centres (RDCC)” will hold the computing equipment and serve as the storage place for
questionnaires. Because SIS Regional Offices will play very important role in the delivery
of the questionnaires to the field teams, field implementation, controlling of the filled
questionnaires and delivery of the filled questionnaires to SIS.
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The GfK Consortium will be responsible for providing from the fees the necessary office
accommodation of reasonable standard, required office equipment, operation costs, up-
keep, maintenance, utilities, communication cost, vehicle and/or transportation,
secretarial, administrative, translation and interpretation support, and training facilities
for enumerators to enable the experts to concentrate on their primary responsibilities. No
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separate provisions shall be made under incidentals for these purposes. The GfK
consortium will also transfer funds as necessary to support its activities under the
contract and to ensure that its employees are paid regularly and in a timely fashion.
The total number of man-days is around 92,042 that are on average more than 280
organizers and interviewers (enumerators) have to work for the GfK consortium on
behalf of SIS for every working day of the Implementation Phase of the project. This
calculation does not even include the organizers, trainers and team leaders input.
We will select the interviewers, organizers and supervisors based on their ability and
motivation to perform these tasks. Organizers must understand the importance of
adhering to survey instructions, and be capable of ensuring that interviewers follow
instructions.
The trainers:
Polite and able to establish a good relationship with the support staff,
Fluent in Turkish,
The organizers:
Intelligent and literate, educated to a university degree or more,
Polite and able to establish a good relationship with the support staff,
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Fluent in Turkish,
The interviewers:
Fluent in Turkish,
However, the role of the interviewer is very important. The process of interviewing
people to collect data involves a number of skills. Without these skills, the quality of data
collected can be affected.
GfK Consortium employs a large number of interviewers to collect data. Interviewers are
trained before collecting data. This training emphasizes that the interviewer's opening
remarks and the manner in which they are made have a strong influence on a
respondent's reaction and willingness to co-operate. Because of this, interviewers should
ensure they carry out certain tasks before asking respondents to answer questions. They
must:
explain that the respondent's household or business has been selected in the
survey sample;
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give the respondent time to read or be informed about confidentiality issues,
the voluntary or mandatory status of the survey, and any existing data-sharing
agreements with other organizations; and
In addition, it is important that the interviewer will have additional appropriate skills and
abilities such as:
listening attentively;
Above all, the interviewer should let respondents know that he or she understands the
respondent.
Be a SIS staff,
Polite and able to establish a good relationship with the support staff,
Fluent in Turkish,
We will select more potential support staff than we will need. Previous survey experience
is not necessarily a positive factor. While participation in well-conducted surveys is surely
an advantage, previous involvement in poorly planned and implemented surveys can
lead to bad interviewing habits which may be hard to correct.
The final list should be agreed between SIS and the consortium at least 2 months before
the fieldwork. The list should be approved by SIS and sent to the each Regional Office
and local authorities.
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In addition, we are assigning Team Leaders for each NUTS Level II Regions in order to
organize all project team to be work in the region. The most experienced organizer will
be assigned as the Team Leader. He/she will be:
Polite and able to establish a good relationship with the project team,
Fluent in Turkish,
GFK consortium will provide professional trainers to be trained by SIS subject matter
experts who then will train field teams, including organizers and enumerators.
Contractor will provide necessary training for support staff through the trainers trained
by SIS subject matter experts. The training date and duration must be suitable with the
agreed implementation schedule. Authorized staff from SIS may also participate in this
training. After providing necessary training, a training completion report will be produced
by GFK Team Leader and SIS responsible staff.
GfK Consortium will also be responsible for providing the necessary training
facilities for support staff. These facilities include training room accommodation of
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reasonable standard, required equipment, operation costs, up-keep, utilities, secretarial,
and administrative costs.
After the support staff list is determined and agreed by the parties, GfK Consortium will
prepare and print the badges and/or ID Cards for the personnel on the list. Then
consortium will submit these cards to SIS for approval and initials/signatures.
These Badges and/or ID Cards will be delivered to the field staff just before the training
that will be held on RDCC or at the suitable training centre.
Consent must be obtained from the relevant authorities, individuals and the community in which the
project is to be carried out. This may involve organising meetings at national or provincial level, at district
and at village level. SIS should inform the relevant authorities such as ministries and/or governors of the
districts.
In some areas, the arrival of a team of strangers may be regarded with suspicion. Lack of communication
with local authorities may cause problems for data collection and therefore we would like to avoid such
problems by contacting local authorities and community leaders (i.e. muhtars) before beginning the study,
to ask for their permission and to advise them of the team members‟ arrival dates. We would also ask
them to identify suitable local guides and, if necessary, translators. Local authorities may also be helpful
in arranging accommodations and meals for the survey team.
Before the fieldwork begins, we will obtain copies of the maps indicating the large areas
(regions, provinces, districts, towns, etc.) as well as the small areas (villages, census
enumeration areas, etc.) in which the survey will be conducted. These may be available
from the State Institute of Statistics or another government office. 1/100000-scaled
maps are often very useful, if it is possible to access to them. We will make sufficient
copies of all maps in advance and distribute them to support staff.
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All the surveys to be done within the framework of this contract need to respect the
provisions of the Confidentiality Act of SIS which require that every person employed in
connection with the survey has to make an oath of secrecy to that effect before a
magistrate. Penalties (it is written on the Confidentiality Act of SIS) are provided for any
breach of confidentiality.
This survey is being conducted under degree commanded as Law, No. 219, dated
8.6.1984; and, Law on Boards and Chambers, No. 5590. Those who do not respond
correctly and in time are subject to a penalty according to this Law.
Data are collected for statistical purposes and are "COMPLETELY CONFIDENTAL".
Publicising personal information that has been collected according to Decree commanded
as Law, No. 219 which refers to Law No. 53, is strictly prohibited.
* If the confidentiality act will be changed by the amendment, we will obey the new act .
Fieldwork is the hearth of this project. GFK Consortium will ensure the implementation of
the fieldwork, which is the main theme of this contract. However, for an effective,
efficient and sufficient implementation, a close collaboration between the contractor and
SIS will be established since complementary activities must be performed by the
statistical office. In the first week of the inception phase, contractor and SIS will draw a
strategic road map for immediate works, such as the preparation of directives to be sent
to the national authorized person and the related parties/governmental agencies
(governors, Ministry of Interiors, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Finance and so on).
Careful pre-field planning and preparation (see 2.3.3 and 2.3.4.1) are necessary
to insure that the data are as accurate, valid and collected efficiently. Testing of surveys
and classifications is a good practice. Reconnaissance fieldwork is very effective, if for no
other reason than just getting oriented in unfamiliar study area. The more structured a
fieldwork, the better the final results.
Logistics:
Quality control,
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2.3.4.2.1 Logistics
In order to make logistics arrangements, we will use “central local headquarters”, based
on a NUTS II Level Regions where the SIS Regional Office located. survey will be carried
out, decide on the size and composition of the field team, arrange accommodations,
transportation and security, and arrange to obtain or prepare copies of local maps.
Transportation may be arranged privately, for example, by renting cars.
The beneficiary for the surveys is SIS, which should provide strong contribution to the
implementation. GfK consortium will coordinate all surveys in close cooperation with SIS
according to the defined roles and responsibilities written in TOR and Inception Report.
In order to use time and transport efficiently, data to be drawn from same location but
for different surveys should be collected at the same time. For example, interviews with
muhtars and agricultural holdings, or the farmers living around the village should be
scheduled together. For this reason, we would like to propose to visit all villages
(approximately 38,000) in Turkey, instead of 16,000 villages requested by SIS
in TOR. Finally, we will have created and/or maintained a full of farm registers
for Turkey. At the same time, we will realize four surveys (updating farm
registers, crop production survey, FSS including vineyard and fruit orchard
survey, and livestock survey). We would like to discuss possible methodology
for combining these four surveys during Inception Phase after sampling plans
and the number of statistical units absolutely defined by the Short-term
European and Local experts contracted by another contractor (see Table.1).
The type of data to be collected and the demands of the project will determine the
actual time needed for the data to be collected. Consideration should be given to:
the appropriate season(s) to conduct the field work (if the problem is season-
related or if data collection would be difficult during certain periods),
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Note:
The field visit to obtain consent from local authorities for each survey may also be used
to obtain necessary details about the best period for data collection and availability of
local resources (human resources, transport), if required.
Face-to-face interviews
Field surveys will be conducted by ProCon GfK & Strateji GfK‟s experienced interviewer
and organizer team (see 2.2.5.4). The project team will appropriately and adequately
brief interviewers and supervisors.
The fieldwork will be carried out by local Fieldwork Centers under the supervision of
ProCon GfK & Strateji GfK Fieldwork Coordination Department. A field executive
throughout the study will supervise the interviewers at the field.
Interviewer will make an appointment with the person providing the information, to
inform him/her about the survey, its confidentiality, and kindly requesting him/her to fill
in the questionnaire and giving assistance where necessary.
A part of the Business Registers surveys (5&6) will be realized by using CATI technique
as stated by EC Turkey on the Clarifications for tender document dated December 16,
2004. CATI will be applied by using international software, namely VOXCO.
The CATI Software will provide the Contractor the ability to ask 2,000 close-ended, open-
ended or semi-closed questions in one survey. Also, 50 different rotations could be made
in one survey and 999 CATI project could be conducted at the same time. The software
will provide to make interview with 64,000 respondents in one survey.
The quota control will be done very strict by using the CATI software that 800 different
quota could be applied in one survey. There is a section in the software, namely
“Quotas” that all the quotas to be determined by the SIS and the key experts will be
transferred into. All quotas could be monitored in a continuous basis individually or
together. If required, a quota could be terminated. Quota monitoring will be reported in
graphic format or numeric format during the field which has details like number of total
calls, refusals, not completed interviews, un-reached numbers, busy lines, wrong
numbers etc. In addition, different filtering could be done for every question (digit
limitation in numeric questions, e-mail address format, credit card number etc.). On the
other hand, the interviews could be made in more than one language.
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The software is well-designed to minimize the CATI interviewer to make errors by easy-
to-use opportunities such as choosing with mouse or keyboard. The questionnaire
prepared and all the rules or conditions in the script and the answers to all questions
could also be printed.
The CATI interviewers will be listened during the interviews via a telephone system. This
evaluation will be done by the following criteria:
Before the main fieldwork, trainings and pilot studies could be done by using test and
brief modules of the software. The interviews that are made in test and/ or brief modules
shall not be transferred into the main data.
The CATI interviewers working in each survey will be defined with codes before the field
and no other interviewers could be used in the survey without making a new definition.
The start and end dates of the field will be defined before the field which provides to
limit getting appointments within the field period. For the appointments taken for future
dates, the system will send the appointments to different CATI interviewers according to
appropriate time intervals.
For call-backs, different rules could be defined, for instance, no answers will be called
back 3 hours later, busy lines will be called back 15 minutes later etc. Call-back system is
very effective system for surveys which is conducted by using a certain database list.
Personal information of the respondents like name, telephone, company, address could
be imported before the field and the calls will be made by using these numbers. If
necessary, additional database could be imported. Also, during the fieldwork, some
necessary revisions and additions could be made in the questionnaire.
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The completed interviews will be controlled and the editing and terminating the
interviews will be done by the controllers. According to results, the CATI interviewers will
also be warned for further interviews.
The CATI software will also enable the Contractor to get frequencies and cross-tables of
the results even during the field. If there are some open-ended questions, the coding for
them could be started while the field is continuing. The coded options could also be
displayed to the CATI interviewer or not.
During the interviews, back-up of data file will be done automatically. After completion of
the CATI interviews, the data could be exported into different database files like
Quantum, SPSS, Excel, Dbase, SAS, and Text etc.
The main control steps planned for CATI application are as follows:
Entering into the screen of the CATI interviewer while making interview (via
Run VNC Viewer or Qamonit program )
Getting the requests of the SIS while they observe the process and informing
the CATI team
Progress reporting on daily, weekly and monthly basis for each CATI
interviewer
Feedback reporting on daily, weekly and monthly basis for each CATI
interviewer
It is extremely important that the collected data is in of good quality, reliable and valid.
Otherwise we will come up with false or misleading conclusions.
We will use the following “measures” to help ensure good quality of data:
Prepare a field work manual for the research team as a whole, including:
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o Instruction sheets on how to ask certain questions and how to record
the answers.
Select organizers, if required, with care. Choose organizers that are:
o Are respondents willing to answer questions in the way you have asked
them?
o Are any of the questions particularly difficult to answer or do they address
sensitive issues?
o Are the questions well understood by the respondents?
o Can the interviewers follow the instructions easily, or do they misinterpret
them?
o Is the questionnaire designed with adequate space and is the coding of
answers clear?
o Is it necessary to create new codes for common answers which were not
included in the original questionnaire?
o How long does an interview take? (This will help us to decide how many
interviewers we will need.)
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Note that during the pre-test the interviewers are still learning the questionnaire, so the
time spent per interview is longer than it will be in the field after they become more
experienced.
Consequently, we would like to discuss the results of the pre-test with experienced
colleagues and with the interviewers. Then, we would like to make any changes
necessary to the “Instructions to Interviewers”. If the pre-test reveals that
respondents refuse to answer the questions in the form in which they are given in the
questionnaire, we would like to consult “the Head of SIS Regional Office” in the region in
which we are working. These SIS experts will help us to decide whether it is advisable to
make changes to the implementation strategy. If a significant number of respondents
refuse to answer the questions, the survey will not be worth doing.
Consequently, we will:
Take care that organizers are not placed under too much stress
(requiring too many interviews a day; paying per interview instead of per day).
Arrange for on-going supervision of organizers. If, in case of a larger survey,
special supervisors have to be appointed, guidelines should be developed for
supervisory tasks.
Devise methods to assure the quality of data collected by all members of the
research team. For example, quality can be assured by:
o requiring interviewers to check whether the questionnaire is filled in
completely before finishing each interview;
o asking the organizer/supervisor to check at the end of each day during
the data collection period whether the questionnaires are filled in
completely and whether the recorded information makes sense; and
o having the supervisors review the data during the data analysis stage to
check whether data are complete and consistent.
The planning of editing/controlling will be done after the survey starts. This unit
will be given training and informed about the survey. By using the information
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given in the Project Information Form such as sample size, project description
and time plan, the members of the unit will be allocated for the survey.
A file will be opened for each survey and when the questionnaires are delivered
to edit/control unit, detailed information will be recorded in that file which
shows the number of questionnaires, receive date, delivery time, region and
province, the name of person received, the name of person delivered.
Telephone control will be made 15% ratio and more on interviewer basis. The
questionnaires that that are not appropriate to the quota or the ones that are
not realized by the proper person will be terminated.
Filtering control,
Demographics control,
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Provide the necessary personnel and technical infrastructure to report on the fieldwork
and to deliver the data collected to SIS
In all NUTS II Regions, in the same district which has SIS Regional Office, GFK
Consortium will provide necessary personnel and technical infrastructure to report on the
fieldwork and to deliver the data collected to SIS.
For the project, the Contractor will use a systematic integrated tool, ProMis, which is the
first and unique software developed by the Contractor that enables planning, monitoring
and reporting of the research project regarding the field operations and financial
processes by integrating all the steps. The main objective of developing ProMis was to
monitor the flow of questionnaires between field, editing, controls, coding and data entry
units on a real time basis and also preparing performance reports and payment reports.
Report the information related to control, coding and data entry processes
In the following pages some representative forms to be used via PROMIS are given.
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Survey Questionnaire Monitoring Form
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Appointments Daily Work Monitoring Form
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Regional Daily Questionnaire Delivery Form
GFK consortium will deliver the filled questionnaire once a week. SIS personnel in the
Regional Offices will check the consistency and completeness of the filled questionnaires
according to the relevant manuals prepared by SIS and accept them if so validated.
We know that SIS will not accept questionnaires with inconsistent or missing data. When
a questionnaire is incomplete or found inaccurate by SIS, it is returned to the organizer.
In such case, the interviewer has to contact again the sample unit and is responsible for
correcting or completing the questionnaire.
The number of statistical units, which will be visited during the implementation phase,
were indicated by TOR. After clarification, there will be some changes in the expected
figures given by the TOR. Those figures were taken into account as an indicative
because the exact surveys as well as their details will be defined by EU experts provided
by another contractor. Having said that, we did all our calculations based on these
expected figures.
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After finishing all fieldwork and acceptance of the questionnaires by Regional Offices of
SIS, contractor will also deliver all the documents, including filled questionnaires to the
reception point to be shown by SIS at most 1 month after the fieldwork finishes.
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3 TIMETABLE OF ACTIVITIES
The USST Data Collection Project is a 78 week project in total. The Project starts after
signing of Contract by all parties. After acceptance of Inception Report Project Schedule
will become valid.
High level breakdowns of our proposed project schedule with the highlights are given in
the following sections. All timing and resource planing prepared by using a Project
Management Tool. Following sections gives this Project Planing Tools outputs.
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The following Logical Framework Matrix (LFM) summarizes the key elements of the
project plan:
Assumptions,
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Intervention Logic Objectively Verifiable Indicators Sources of Verification Assumptions
To support and enhance the Number of statistical publications, Publications The national economy does not
capacity to upgrade selected Number of surveys compliant with the Eurostat standards, Monitoring Reports deteriorate further, preventing the co-
statistical surveys to EU Final project report financing by SIS for these activities.
standards by testing their new The winter weather conditions in some
methodologies in the field. parts of Turkey do not delay data
collection unduly.
Overall
Objectives
To organise and implement the Number of surveys conducted in Turkey, Monitoring Reports The physical infrastructure of Regional
data collection within Turkey for Number of personnel provided for Data Collection Final project report Offices is maintained and
selected statistical fields as part Number of delivered filled questionnaires Survey documents strengthened,
of the compliance and Training documents SIS arranges agreements with other
harmonization process with EU administrations (Ministry of Finance,
statistical standards, Ministry of Agriculture, Central Bank
To organise and provide etc.) for improving co-operation and
personnel for data collection. co-ordination.
To implement the data
collection and deliver the filled
questionnaires.
Project
Purpose
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All surveys are coordinated with SIS, List of the surveys and their details in the inception phase of the Project documents and SIS provides all necessary human and
Results contract determined together with SIS under the coordination of reports, financial resources for ensuring its
Project Implementation Team, Implementation part of the implementation activities,
The acceptance ratio per survey determined by SIS under the strategy, plan (and SIS nominates appropriate staff to
supervision and coordination of Project Implementation Team, programs), participate in the implementation
according to nature of the survey, SIS publications, phase,
The details of data collection plans in close coordination with Eurostat Publications, SIS is able to perform its related tasks
SIS, Local Media Publications, in time,
Number of surveys conducted according to Eurostat standards, Minutes, SIS Provides all survey documents,
The methodology for each survey developed by SIS, Steering committee including questionnaires and manuals
Exact number of questionnaires are determined by SIS, minutes and reports, on time,
Number of survey documents, including questionnaires and SIS provides the contractor with all
guides designed and printed by SIS, the necessary information for the
Number of badges and ID Cards for field staff produced by correct implementation of the
Contractor and approved by SIS, activities,
Number of nominated appropriate staff of SIS to participate in SIS provides necessary training for
the activities of the project, trainers,
Number of regional offices prepared by SIS in order to provide a SIS agrees on the support staff list
base for fieldwork, and approves the ID cards,
Number of surveys and several pilot surveys have been Staff of SIS and other beneficiary
conducted according to Eurostat standards, institutions will closely cooperate with
The necessary personnel are provided Sufficient number of personnel hired, Project documents and the contractor during the project
and trained in close cooperation with Number of training materials prepared by SIS, reports, implementation.
SIS to adopt the list of surveys, Number of provided trainers who trained the numerators. Training reports of The General Census of Businesses
Number of personnel trained in close cooperation with SIS, trainers, provided appropriate results on the
Training strategy, plan population of the economic agents of
(and programs) Turkey,
Training materials, The first set up of the Statistical
participation lists and Business Register is available,
training minutes, The Agricultural Census provided
Questionnaires delivered to Regional Number of questionnaires delivered to Regional Offices of SIS, Field implementation appropriate results on the population
Offices, Number of SIS Staff assigned for each Regional Offices in order reports of key experts, of the agricultural agents of Turkey,
to check the quality of questionnaires, Organisational chart The list of agricultural holdings is
The fieldwork organized and carried out, Number of statistical units have been visited for each survey, Job description available,
100 % of statistical units visited in each Number of questionnaires checked by SIS Staff, Project documents and The non-response rate is very low.
survey, Number of questionnaires returned to the field due to reports
,
Quality of all filled questionnaires insufficient information, List of regional teams,
checked and 90 % (or acceptable ratio) Number of questionnaires delivered to SIS, List of organizers and
quota per survey provided, Acceptance ratios for each surveys, their enumerators,
Adequate equipment in use, Validated data of
Questionnaires delivered to SIS. Funds have been used various statistical areas,
Ten surveys and several pilot surveys
conducted according to Eurostat
standards
Activities Means Costs
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Intervention Logic Objectively Verifiable Indicators Sources of Verification Assumptions
The overall organization of the field See Financial See Financial Proposal
Results Technical Assistance Team Proposal
work,
The provision of the required (see Time Schedule)
personnel including the enumerators,
The training of this personnel,
Data collection and delivery of the
filled questionnaires to the SIS
Regional Offices, weekly,
Reporting on the fieldwork.
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